Reddit

Backend class

For Django, add this class path to AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS. For other integrations, use the same class path in the framework-specific backend setting.

Backend name	Class path
reddit	social_core.backends.reddit.RedditOAuth2

Reddit implements OAuth2 authentication workflow. To enable it, just follow:

• Register an application at Reddit Preferences Apps

• Fill the Consumer Key and Consumer Secret values in your settings:

  SOCIAL_AUTH_REDDIT_KEY = ''
  SOCIAL_AUTH_REDDIT_SECRET = ''
  

• By default the token is not permanent, it will last an hour. To get a refresh token just define:

  SOCIAL_AUTH_REDDIT_AUTH_EXTRA_ARGUMENTS = {'duration': 'permanent'}
  

  This will store the refresh_token in UserSocialAuth.extra_data attribute, to refresh the access token just do:

  from social_django.utils import load_strategy
  
  strategy = load_strategy(backend='reddit')
  user = User.objects.get(pk=foo)
  social = user.social_auth.filter(provider='reddit')[0]
  social.refresh_token(strategy=strategy,
                       redirect_uri='http://localhost:8000/complete/reddit/')
  

  Reddit requires redirect_uri when refreshing the token and it must be the same value used during the auth process.